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Common name

English: European heliotrope

German: Euroäische Sonnenwende

Mandarin: 天芥菜 (tian jie cai)

Portuguese: Erva-das-verrugas, Tornassol-com-pêlos

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        Family: Boraginaceae (36)(family description)

          Genus: Heliotropium (3)

            Epithet: europaeum L. (2)

europaeum => from Europe

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, yellow, white

External links

Check for Heliotropium europaeum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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